Mount Holyoke Range State Park
NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)–Notch Link, 3 sights
8.4 mi · ▲ 1,707 ft · 3 hr 39 min
NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)–Notch Link, 3 sights is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Holyoke Range State Park near Aldrich Mills, MA. It climbs 1,707 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)–Notch Link, 3 sights
8.4 mi · ▲ 1,707 ft · 3 hr 39 min
Elevation 373–922 ft
Out & Back · Mount Holyoke Range State Park
Trailhead: 42.29560, -72.53119
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 6:53 PM
Transit-accessible: Granby Heights Apts. (In) stop 589 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear left onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Notch Link, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right onto South Side Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Other Swamp Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange), heading NE.
- 2.1 miContinue straight onto Robert Frost Trail (Orange), heading E.
- 450 ftReach Notch Link, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.2 miSharp left onto Other Swamp Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto South Side Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Notch Link, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Trolley Bed Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: Granby Heights Apts. (In) stop 589 m from the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 4 mi · loop · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 4 mi · loop · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 4.1 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 4.6 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 4.8 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 5 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 5 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
- 5.2 mi · out & back · via NET/M&M/RFT Trail (white/blue/orange)
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